English II Pre-AP: Latin Roots Lessons 5-8

English II Pre-AP

cent(i)

hundred
ex. century, centipede, centennial, centimeter

cid(e), cis(e)

to kill, to cut
ex. homicide, suicide, incision, scissors

clam, claim

to cry out, to declare
ex. clamor, exclaim, proclaim, disclaim, acclaim

cord, cour

heart
ex. courage, concordant, accord

corp(or)

body
ex. corpse, corporation, corporeal, corset

cred

to believe, to trust
ex. credit, discredit, credentials, credibility, incredible

cur(r ), curs, course

to run, to flow
ex. current, excursion, discourse, curriculum, recurrent

dic(t)

to speak, to say
ex. diction, indication, dictionary

centenarian

a person who has lived to be 100 years old

clamorous

characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining; insistent

concordance

a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer’s works

discordant

sounding harsh or inharmonious; clashing

incisive

keenly penetrating; cutting into

concourse

a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng

corporal

related to the physical body

credulity

a naive willingness to believe too easily without proof

cursory

done in a superficial or hasty manner

dictum

an authoritative saying or maxim

duc(t), duce

to lead
ex. conduct, reduce, education, abduct, deductive, ductile

fedter, fid(e)

faith, trust
ex. federal, confidence, infidelity, bona fide, confide

fin(e)

end, limit

ex. finish, confine, define, infinity

flect, flex

to bend

ex. reflect, deflect, flexibility, reflex

flu(x), fluct

to flow, flowing
ex. fluid, influx, flush, fluctuate, influence, fluent, affluent

fort, fore

strong
ex. fortress, forceful, reinforce, enforce, effortlessly

frater(n), fratr

brother
ex. fraternity, fraternalism, friar, “brat” (PL)

fus, fund, found

to pour, to melt
ex. transfusion, funnel, refund, fountain, confusion, fusion

confluence

a coming or flowing together, as of rivers or ideas, a place of joining

confound

to perplex/confuse/amaze/bewilder

effusive

pouring forth in an emotional way; unrestrained or overly demonstrative

fratricide

the killing of one’s own brother; someone who commits such an act

mellifluous

as if flowing with honey or sweetness; like the tones of a honeyed voice

superfluous

beyond what is needed; in excess of a sufficiency

conducive

tending to lead, help, assist, or result in

fidelity

faithfulness to one’s promises or obligations; steadfast faithfulness; technological faithfulness

flexuous

winding in and out; bending or waving

perfidious

a characteristic of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; treacherous